Bordering, Political Landscapes and Social Arenas: Potentials and Challenges of Evolving Border Concepts in a post-Cold War World

Project Information

EUBORDERSCAPES

Grant agreement ID: 290775

Project closed

Start date 1 June 2012

End date 31 May 2016

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities

Total cost € 8 991 307,98

EU contribution € 6 982 429,13

Coordinated by

ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO
Finland

Objective

In order to gauge its significance, conceptual change in the study of borders must be seen in relation to fundamental social, economic and geopolitical transformations that have taken place in the past decades. In addition, major paradigmatic shifts in scientific debate, and in the social sciences in particular, must also be considered. Recognising the close interrelationships between social change and paradigm shifts, the EUBORDERSCAPES project will analyse the evolving concept of borders in terms of a mutually linked emergence of “post-national”, “post-colonial”, “post-modernist” and “post-Communist” strands of inquiry. State borders are the frame of reference, rather than ethnographic/anthropological boundaries. However, this approach emphasises the social significance and subjectivities of state borders while critically interrogating “objective” categories of state territoriality and international relations. The research proposed here will, furthermore, not only be focused at the more general, at times highly abstract, level of conceptual change. This approach will also allow us to compare and contrast how different and often contested conceptualisations of state borders (in terms of their political, social, cultural and symbolic significance) resonate in concrete contexts at the level of everyday life.

Fields of science

• social sciences

Programme(s)

• FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities

Topic(s)

• SSH.2011.4.2-1 - The evolving concept of borders

Call for proposal

FP7-SSH-2011-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO

Administrative Contact

James Scott (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 877 450,00
• Address: YLIOPISTONRANTA 8 ; 70211 KUOPIO ; Finland
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi › Pohjois-Savo
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Participants (19)

STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT

Netherlands

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Peter Van Eerde (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 459 361,68
• Address: HOUTLAAN 4 ; 6525 XZ Nijmegen
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Gelderland › Arnhem/Nijmegen
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MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Türkiye

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Ayca Ergun (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 307 900,00
• Address: DUMLUPINAR BULVARI 1 ; 06800 Ankara
• Region: Batı Anadolu › Ankara › Ankara
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIAN ACADEMYOF SCIENCES

Russia

Administrative Contact

Tatiana Kharitonova (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 268 300,00
• Address: STAROMONETNY PER 29 ; 119017 MOSKVA
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UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA

Spain

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Nuria Claver (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 447 700,00
• Address: EDIF A CAMPUS DE LA UAB BELLATERRA CERDANYOLA V ; 08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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UNIVERSITETET I TROMSOE - NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET

Norway

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Cathrine Theodorsen (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 405 220,00
• Address: HANSINE HANSENS VEG 14 ; 9019 Tromso
• Region: Norge › Nord-Norge › Troms og Finnmark
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THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST

United Kingdom

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Ronan Crossey (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 384 576,80
• Address: UNIVERSITY ROAD LANYON BUILDING ; BT7 1NN Belfast
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BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV

Israel

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Dori Schneider (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 349 900,00
• Address: . ; 84105 Beer Sheva
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UMEA UNIVERSITET

Sweden

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Ann Öhman (Prof.)

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• Address: UNIVERSITETOMRADET ; 901 87 Umea
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UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BERGAMO

Italy

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Morena Garimberti (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 361 780,00
• Address: VIA SALVECCHIO 19 ; 24129 Bergamo
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Bergamo
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UNIWERSYTET GDANSKI

Poland

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Katarzyna Barańczuk (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 277 300,00
• Address: UL. JANA BAZYNSKIEGO 8 ; 80-309 GDANSK
• Region: Makroregion północny › Pomorskie › Trójmiejski
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V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Ukraine

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Oleksandr Kizilov (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 207 100,00
• Address: Svobody sq. 4 ; 61077 Kharkiv
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TSENTAR ZA AKADEMICHNI IZSLEDVANIA SOFIA FONDATSIA

Bulgaria

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Nikolay Kutsev (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 269 061,00
• Address: STEFAN KARADJA STR. 7, FL. 2, AP. 23 ; 1000 SOFIA
• Region: Югозападна и Южна централна България › Югозападен › София (столица)
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LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR RAUMBEZOGENE SOZIALFORSCHUNG (IRS) EV

Germany

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Westphal Kathrin (Ms.)

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LISER - LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Luxembourg

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Evelyne Houtmann (Ms.)

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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

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Guillaume Rochet (Mr.)

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HUN-REN KOZGAZDASAG- ES REGIONALIS TUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT

Hungary

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Katalin Süle (Ms.)

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• Address: TOTH KALMAN UTCA 4 ; 1097 Budapest
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AUTONOMNAYA NEKOMMERCHESKAYA ORGANIZACIYA CENTR NEZAVISIMIIH SOCIOLOGICHESKIH ISSLEDOVANII

Russia

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Elena Zdravomyslova (Prof.)

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• Address: LIGOVSKIY PROSPECT 87 ROOM 24H LI ; 191040 ST PETERSBURG
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HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO

Finland

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Saarinen Tiia (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 230 800,00
• Address: YLIOPISTONKATU 3 ; 00014 Helsingin Yliopisto
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UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON

United Kingdom

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Tim Edmonds (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 313 100,00
• Address: UNIVERSITY WAY 4-6 DOCKLANDS CAMPUS ; E16 2RD London
• Region: London › Inner London — East › Hackney and Newham
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